| My experience with model shops is that a lot of them tend to be very specialist - old one in Epping was into R/C large scale model aircraft and the Harlow one was just all things model boat related. Problem with being that specialist is it's a bit offputting to people who are into other forms of modelling. I guess you need to be a jack of all trades, plus have an online store to run a successful model shop now.
It's a shame as Epping is full of wall to wall coffee shops and Range Rover Sports now - not an interesting shop in sight! The old walkaround shop in Leyton has gone and Sedgewick and Beven - used to be good for buying materials, one of those old shops with wooden boxes that you could rifle through and buy a part for pennies that you couldn't pick up anywhere else!
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